Tue 17 Apr 2007
For those of you not familiar with Louisiana, what other states would call a “county,” we call a “parish.”
Recently, a Livingston Parish lawmaker proposed an ordinance to ban fortune telling in that parish. He is doing this in spite of the fact that there are no fortune tellers he knows of there.
I have not read the proposed ordinance, and don’t know how it might avoid the separation of Church and State problems a similar ban ran into here in Houma. I suspect, and fear, that the proposed Livingston ban might actually be specifically aimed at neo-pagans, but I don’t know yet. What triggers the suspicion in my mind is that the very group that was run out of Houma after the court challenges in 2000 is now located in Livingston Parish.
May 4th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Bloody jerkwads. I *hate* it when people try to use the law to cram their worldview– whatever it might be– down people’s throats.
OK, guys. We know about it. Now what’re we gonna *do* about it???
November 25th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
is there a possibility that you could send me this article or tell me where i can find it?
it slightly interests me.
stupid people…geez.
November 26th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Thabyr, are the links not working? If not, email me, and I’ll be happy to get what I can for you.
November 27th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
no, the links were not working, but i did search for the article myself, and found that this is not the first time this has happened.
its insane, and stupid.
thats all.
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